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What did the Seahawks do (a team who values draft picks more then anything) ? They trade their first round pick for a young player who has the wow factor. These two were all over the fact that it was a weak group of players in the first round. Once again we get the most value.
One NFL general manager labels this draft as the worst draft in 10-12 years, Mike Freeman of CBS Sports reports.
"When we look back at this draft in five or 10 years," said the team executive, "we might view it as one of the worst we've seen in some time."
Few team personnel want to say anything publicly about the paucity of talent out of fear of hearing from the NFL. There's this thought process that if you criticize the draft, you risk the ire of the NFL; the league doesn't want anyone publicly criticizing the draft out of fear of injuring television ratings.
The problem with this draft, says the general manager, is it possibly lacks two important qualities: franchise quarterbacks and large swaths of impact players. There will be more than a few solid players, this GM predicts, but not a large number of great ones.
"There will be 13-15 players picked in the first round that are true first-rounders," he said. "That's a fairly low number."
Last year, according to the general manager, there were 20-23 players who were true first-rounders. That's about average.
What did the Seahawks do (a team who values draft picks more then anything) ? They trade their first round pick for a young player who has the wow factor. These two were all over the fact that it was a weak group of players in the first round. Once again we get the most value.